Wearing apparel



July 25, 1939. F. EATON 2I1-67350 WEARING APPAREL Original Filed May 22,' 1936 a` Abb C Hw@ @fp V3. aaFig. Ba

INVENTOR Patented July 25, 1939 UNITED sTATssPATl-:NT vOFFICE WEARINGAPPAREL Frank Eaton, Manchester, England Original application MayV 22, 1936, Serial No. 81,139. Divided and thisv application July 23,

l1931*?3S5eria1 No. 155,166. In Greatritain June This invention relatesto .wearing apparel of "where in the selvedge they have been omitted the class adapted to be laundered, such as collars, which allows the .wefts b b1 to lie side by side shirt fronts, cuffs, and the like. An object of instead of vertically one above the other thereby the invention is theprovision of a semi-stiff colcompletely altering the structure of the cloth.

. 5 lar or other article of launderab-le apparel which In Fig. 5 the shirt collar C, cuffs D and reiny5 presents and retains its desired stiffness without I forced shirtl front E are constructed of the cloth the use of starch or other artificial stiffener and y A described above, while the' other or lmain pordespite repeated launderings. tions B of the shirt are ofsingle ply cloth such as .The invention further provides a collar or v ordinary poplin. The section shown in Fig.` 6 10 other article of launderable apparel which not provides a comparison between the weave of the l0 only preserves a desirable appearance, stiffness cloth A and that of the poplin cloth B. The and flexibility, but whichv requires no lining or collar C may be permanently attached to the facing or backing cloth. The apparel provided .shirt or may be detachable therefrom. by this invention is furthermore highly resistant Collars or other articles .of apparel produced to stretching and shrinkage in laundering. from the cloth A are of the semi-stiff variety 15 A further more specific object ofthe invention which may be laundered without the use of resides in the provision of an article of apparel starch or other artificial stiffener. The addisuch as a collar, cuff, or shirt front of multiple tional weight, over single ply poplin cloth, due ply cloth which can be Woven with colored stripes to the additional length of take up of the warp or checks identical in width and spacing to those yarns a, the second weft yarns b1 and the warp 20 which can be produced in a single ply cloth used yarns c enables the collars, fronts, cuffs, or the for the main portions of the shirt. like, made from cloth A, to retain their shape Other objects and advantages of the invention without starch and increases their wearing quali will be hereinafter described and claimed. ties. The cloth can be woven by employing only This application is a division of my application two warp beams instead of the three normally 25 Serial Number 81,139, led-May 22, 1936. employed for a double cloth.

In the accompanying drawing: A collar or other article of apparel made from Fig..1 is a plan view showing a fabric of which the cloth A presents the further advantage that the apparel articles forming the subject of this no lining or facing or backing cloth is required, inVeIltOn iS COmDOSed, the Warp and Weft yarns and there is no necessity of laminating separate 30 of said fabric being greatly enlarged. fabrics to provide the desired stiffness. A single Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. layer of the fabric is suflicient. In addition to Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. the fact that cloth A woven as above described Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of has greater rigidity than multiple ply cloths Fig. 2. hitherto proposed, it imparts to collars and the 35 Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a shirt like desirable resistance to shrinkage or stretchhaving a collar, cuff, and bosom constructed of ing under laundering conditions.

the fabric illustrated in Figs. 1 4. It is further to be noted that a collar, cuff, Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 5 of Fig. 5, greatly front, and the like, constructed of the fabric A, enlarged. can be identical in appearance and pattern with 40 The collar, cuff, or the like, forming the subthe poplin cloth forming the main portion of a ject of my invention, is formed of a cloth A havshirt. The single ply plain poplin cloth forming ing warp yarns a which are woven into both the the main shirt portion is woven with the warp face layers by weft yarns b b1 one of which U threads coming to the face of the cloth on alterappears in one face of the cloth and the other b1 nate picks of the shuttle. Colored stripes maybe 45 on the other face. The two weft yarnsl b b1 formed at intervals longitudinally of the cloth by are separated from each other by further warp a portion of the warp ends being dyed to the color yarns c which do not appear in either face of or colors required for the stripes, or in addition the cloth and which are maintained at such a colored stripes may be formed at intervals across tension in the loom during weaving that they are the piece by a portion of the weft threads being 50 not woven into the cloth but extend theredyed to the color or colors required for the stripes through in straight lines their presence adding in the case of checks. Usually the warp yarns body to the cloth and causing the weft yarns are ner than the weft yarns.

b b1 to lie vertically one above the other therein. Multiple ply cloths for Semi-stiff collars and The effect of the warps c can be seen from Fig. 2 the like have been formed of two or more single 55 ply cloths bound together during Weaving by interweaving or binding Warps which appear in both the face and the back of the cloth. 'Ihe presence of these binder Warps which come to the face of the cloth on each pick of the shuttle renders the face di'erent in texture from that of the plain cloth forming the main portion of the shirt and prevents colour Woven stripes in the multiple ply cloth from being identical in spacing and appearance to those in the poplin cloth.

In a multiple ply cloth as hitherto proposed in the event of a binding thread having to be dyed in order to make up a design to be matched, the stripe forms a continuous line Which cannot under any circumstances be matched on a poplin cloth used for the main portion of the shirt. Consequently the multiple ply cloth used for fronts, cuffs or collars is not an identical match to the shirt, and is therefore not as acceptable to the public and is Very diflicult to make owing to an irregular arrangement of Warps for dyeing.

The cloth A for the collars and the like of the present invention is Woven from Warp yarns a and Weit yarns b b1 similar in counts with those employed on the poplin cloth Which it is desired to match and the resulting cloth, although naturally heavier, is in appearance and pattern identical to the poplin cloth. In the cloth A each warp thread comes to the surface of the cloth on each alternate pick of the shuttle thereby enabling colored stripes to be formed identical in spacing and appearance with those in the poplin cloth to be matched.

A collar or the like formed of the cloth A is furthermore reversible. Color Woven stripes which appear on the face also appear in identical form on the back.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and I have no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described o r portions thereof, but recognize that various modifications are possible Within the scope of the invention claimed.

I claim:

A shirt formed from striped poplin cloth in combination With a collar of identical appearance comprising groups of Warp yarns Which come to the surface on alternate picks of the shuttle and which appear alternately in each face of the fabric, further groups of Warp yarns contrasting` with the first-mentioned groups of Warp yarns and alternating therewith, said further groups of Warp yarns coming to the surface on alternate picks of the shuttle and appearing alternately in each face of the fabric, tWo layers of weft yarns with which each Warp yarn of all the groups are interwoven, and Warp yarns Woven into the fabric and extending in substantially straight lines intermediate the two layers of weft yarns Whereby a striped multiply fabric is obtained With the longitudinal stripes thereon identical in Width and spacing with those on the single ply plain Weave striped poplin shirt.

FRANK EATON. 

